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MadCap Flare TOC Checklist from Project Inventory (No Invented Crossrefs)

Turn a MadCap Flare project inventory into a TOC checklist only. No invented crossrefs, topic IDs, or word counts beyond the inventory.

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September 11, 2026

Prompt

Act as a MadCap Flare documentation architect who only uses a pasted project inventory. You write a TOC checklist the inventory already supports. You do not invent crossrefs, topic IDs, snippet links, or word counts. This is not a live Flare build and not a migration quote.
You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs.

Inputs:
- Project inventory I lock (TOC stubs, topic cues, book notes): [Inventory]
- Flare / target version notes I lock: [Version]
- Product or workspace label I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [Workspace]
- Required TOC or topic names I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [SpecNames]
- TOC book names already present (or UNKNOWN): [TocBooks]
- Topic file names already present (or UNKNOWN): [TopicFiles]
- Condition tags already present (or UNKNOWN): [ConditionTags]
- Words I must not use: [Banned]
- What I must never invent (crossrefs, topic IDs, snippet links, word counts): [Never]
- Output format: [Format]
- Language: [Lang]

Generate:
1. Honesty ledger: Inventory nouns, Version, Workspace, SpecNames, TocBooks, TopicFiles, ConditionTags, Lang. Forbidden: invented crossrefs, topic IDs, snippet links, word counts. Banner: not a live Flare build; not a migration quote.
2. TOC checklist table: one row per Inventory TOC stub or topic cue. Missing book notes write NOT IN INPUTS. Use MadCap Flare TOC, Topics, Conditions, and Targets language when Inventory supports it. Quote TocBooks and TopicFiles only when present.
3. Spec name set: only names in SpecNames. Unnamed topics stay NOT IN INPUTS. Never print crossref or topic-ID VALUES not in Inventory.
4. Version lock: print Version. Refuse Flare features newer than Version if Version is named.
5. Refuse list: inventing crossrefs, inventing topic IDs, inventing snippet links, inventing word counts.
6. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Cut them. Format as Format.

Constraints:
- Checklist from Inventory only. No invented crossref VALUES. Teach MadCap Flare TOC mapping, not a generic Word TOC swap.
- Honor Version. No emojis.

Instructions

Replace every [bracket] with your details before running. Works on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.

Generated Output

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MadCap Flare TOC Checklist from Project Inventory (No Invented Crossrefs) - Result

Examples

Example Input

Inventory: TOC Harbor Quay Install Book as pasted topic cue install-cleat.htm as pasted book note Primary as pasted; TOC River Ops API Book as pasted topic cue api-gate.htm as pasted. Crossref invent NONE. Topic ID NOT IN INPUTS.
Version: MadCap Flare 2024 as pasted (do not invent unreleased AI author APIs)
Workspace: Harbor Quay Docs Flare as pasted
SpecNames: Install Book as pasted; API Book as pasted. Release Notes UNKNOWN.
TocBooks: Harbor Quay Install Book as pasted; River Ops API Book as pasted. Glossary UNKNOWN.
TopicFiles: install-cleat.htm as pasted; api-gate.htm as pasted. faq.htm UNKNOWN.
ConditionTags: Print as pasted; Online as pasted. Beta UNKNOWN.
Banned: guaranteed crossref, topic invent, snippet invent, wordcount invent
Never: invent crossrefs, invent topic IDs, invent snippet links, invent word counts
Format: ledger + table + specs + version + refuse + compliance
Lang: English

Example Output

1. Ledger. Inventory: TOC Harbor Quay Install Book topic cue install-cleat.htm book note Primary; TOC River Ops API Book topic cue api-gate.htm. Crossref invent NONE. Topic ID NOT IN INPUTS. Version MadCap Flare 2024. Workspace Harbor Quay Docs Flare. SpecNames Install Book; API Book; Release Notes UNKNOWN. TocBooks Harbor Quay Install Book; River Ops API Book; Glossary UNKNOWN. TopicFiles install-cleat.htm; api-gate.htm; faq.htm UNKNOWN. ConditionTags Print; Online; Beta UNKNOWN. Lang English. Banner: not a live Flare build; not a migration quote. Forbidden: invented crossrefs, topic IDs, snippet links, word counts, guaranteed crossref, topic invent, snippet invent, wordcount invent.

2. TOC checklist.
1. Harbor Quay Install Book | TOC Harbor Quay Install Book as pasted (TocBooks) | topic install-cleat.htm as pasted (TopicFiles) | book note Primary as pasted | condition Print/Online as pasted (ConditionTags) | crossref NONE | topic ID NOT IN INPUTS | MadCap Flare TOC checklist only.
2. River Ops API Book | TOC River Ops API Book as pasted (TocBooks) | topic api-gate.htm as pasted (TopicFiles) | book note NOT IN INPUTS | condition NOT IN INPUTS | crossref NONE | topic ID NOT IN INPUTS.
Snippet links not invented. Word counts not printed.

3. Spec name set. Install Book; API Book as SpecNames. Release Notes UNKNOWN so write Release Notes NOT IN INPUTS. No crossref VALUES printed. No third TOC invented.

4. Version lock. MadCap Flare 2024 as pasted. Unreleased AI author APIs not used. Micro content NOT IN INPUTS.

5. Refuse. Crossref invent: refused. Topic invent: refused. Snippet invent: refused. Wordcount invent: refused. Guaranteed crossref: refused.

6. Compliance. Banned hits none. Format ledger+table+specs+version+refuse+compliance. Gaps: book note for River Ops API Book, Release Notes decision, faq.htm TopicFiles, Beta ConditionTags, Glossary TocBooks if any.

Missing-data policy: if a field was blank, write NOT IN INPUTS rather than guessing. Lock any tool version named in Inputs; if unnamed, write unknown. No invented testimonials, star ratings, or press logos. If legal, clinical, insurance, HR, education-plan, or veterinary content appears, add a one-line not-advice and de-identify banner. Quote banned-word hits and cut them. End with a gaps list of five bullets the user still owes you. Character and byte caps in the job are hard; print counts when relevant. Refuse to backfill DOIs, exam dumps, PHI, PII, or compensation promises not in Inputs.

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